Carton.



PATBNTED APR. 16.1907. H. GONOVBR.

CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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H. CONOVER.

CARTON.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE s, 1906.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE. HARVEY coiiiovEii, V`ci;nArToN, oHio.

C ARTON. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

y Patented April 16, 1907. i

Application filed June 8,1906.' Smal No. 320,774. l

t may concern: l Be it known `that I, HARVEY CoNovER, `a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Da ton, in the of Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cartons and l do 'declare the followingact description of the invention, such as will art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being. had to theaccompanying drawings', and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cartons orpaper boxes of the type which are especially adapted for dispensingcrackers and the like iii retail quantities.

The eb ject of the invention is to provide a practically air-tightcarton, which, owing to its air-tight features, dispenses with thenecessity of inclosing the carton in aseparate wrapper. j

Preceding a detail description of the invention reference is made to theaccompanying drawings, of which` Figure l is a plan view of theblankfrom which the carton is built. iff. 2 is a perspective view of thecarton folded from the blank, as shown in Fig. 1. ig. 3 is a sectionalview on the line y y of Fig. 2 with the cover thrown up anda partthereof broken away. 111g. 4 is a section on the line of Fig. 5 isasection on 'the line t t of ig. 2. n a detail description of theinvention characters indicate corresponding parts.

The carton is constructed of a suitable quality of cardboard, cut andscored as shown in Fig. 1, where l indicates the bottom of the box,united with sides 2 2 and ends 3 '3, which are bent upwardly at rightangles along the intervening score-lines. The sideand end walls 2 and 3are enabled to be thus bent b intervening triangular folds of thebellows type which fold inwardly along the diagonal score-lines and lieagainst the inner sidesof the end Walls 3 3. Extending from the said endwalls are flaps 6 6, which fold or bend upon the parallel' score-linesand extend down and inclose the bellows folds 4 and 5 against the walls3 3. The end iiaps 6 6 are suitably cut at their ends to provide tonguescounty of Montgomery and State l l I 'with being projected between nalscore-lines.

the folds 4 and 5 by them at the diago- The crackers Extending from oneof 'the side walls 2 is a flap 8, which folds inwardly against the innerside of said wall 2 along the intervenin score-line. From the other sidewall 2 the cover 9 extends and is enabled to cover the mouth of thecarton fornied by the upright sides 2 and 3 by bending said cover on theintervening score-line separating it from its adjacentside wall 2. ecover 9 has end and side liaps 10 and 11, which bend at right angles tothe cover along the intervening score-line and enter the mouth of thevessel or box. The iiap 11 engages the iiap 8 on the inner side of thelatter fiap, while the end flaps 10 of the cover lie against the innersides of the tongues orloc 'ng-flaps 66. The with longitudinal below theother, Figs.' Ltand 5.

brought closely together, and the outer sides of the ox present a smoothsurface. The saine is true of the end walls and flaps 3 and 10. In beads12. and 13 in proper positions to engage each other above and below, thepositions of said beads, it will be observed, vary on their respectiveflaps 8 and 11.

The interlocking bead 13 in the fiap 11 being farther away from theadjacent parallely one of said beads lying 93 order to bring theseinterlocking l.score-line will liebelow the bead 12. This' interlockingidea is carried out with reference and 10, which have, re-y spectively,beads 14.- and 15, which interlock one below the other, as shown in Fig.4, when the end flaps 10 10 of the cover are projected into the. mouthof the box. y means of these inwardly-projecting beads or ribs' a iseffected between the cover and the ends and oneside of the box, theother side of the box b to the end flaps 6 and the adjacent side wall 2.It will IOC - having exten rojecting bea aving end terlock below thebeads 'on s 3. lA four-sided pa extension extending walls and lying aidiiap ex adjacent to it and side walls of the air opening space is betweside walls oints, owing ribs fitting snug material extent the pos atthose points. clude the least poss interior ofthe carton a .tioned, asealing jacent edges of walls.

desired prin the cover thereby dispensi printed wrapper flap extensiextension having end adapted to tensions on flap extension on the s the'flap wardly-ex inwardlyferent the side walls of tended'ilap wall, s nalrib that the only possibi ver and the en ine together.

terlock'ing beads or r, obviate to a very A the box in a position' thatenables the ribs to air entering i interlock one below the other.

ver, vto ex- 4. A four-sided paper box having its cover where they coThese ible entrance the cover an ling-strip does. with the surface ofthe cover. ted matter may y or any por. ng with the 1. An oblong rectanging extensions joining extension joining on joining the the end walls,landa l one side wall, a cover 5. A carton or paper box of oblongrectanthe end wall 'de walls ofthe box, the cover having inads whichinterlock with beads arranged'in a e locking e plane on th i the sideand en the Hap extension o the box. j

rectangular carton,

said carton having an with an inw the cover of said carton having withan inwardly interlock below the bea vof said side wall, the en dedlocking nd the cover o dly against nal rib, said flap extension adaptedto lie against the iiap extensionon the side wall of fair to the joinedto one of the sides of said box, the s just-rnenother side and the endsof said boxhaving exd to the add end not interfere tended flaps adaptedto be folded inwardly against the inner side of the ends and sides oftheir inward folds, thecover of said box having end and side extensionswith longitudinal ribs thereon projecting inwardly and adapted to engagebelow the ribs on the end and side Aextensions of the box when thecover-flaps ular box having lockare folded inwardly against the ,end andside flaps of the box.

de wall,said cover guiar shape having side and end walls joinedfiapswhich are by triangular folds which lie inwardly when the lockingexthe sides and ends are bent at right angles to the box andthe the bodyof the box, a fiap extendingv from each of the end walls of the box withtheir endsprovided with locking-tongues engaging the folds on the insideof the box, said flaps d`if' having longitudinal ribs projectinginwardly Aand when theilaps are folded, oneof the side dwalls of wallsofthe box having an extended flap with a similar longitudinal ribprojecting inone of `wardly when the flap is folded inwardly, the bexother side wall of the box having an extended eac flap sions or flapsrovide with inwardly-prod adapted to jecting longitu inal ribsinterlocking below d on the extended Hap the ribs on the flap extensionson the end and d walls of the carton side walls of the box, and asealing-strip closdlyngthe adjacent edges of the extension-flaps f saidcarton on the cover and the body of the box. ds which in'- In testimonywhereof affix my signature ing-iiaps. j in presence of two witnesses.vhaving a flap e of the side said side longitudifold, said rib exiiARvEYcoNovER.

"Witnesses:-

j C. M. THEOB'ALD, R. J. MGCARTY.

carton are devoid of any K tending inwardly, a cover extension on the 5od and j vided with an inwardly-extended longitudij the boxfsaidapshaving longitudinal ribs Therefore the projecting inwardly when the[iaps are'given be placed upon on of the box, application of -a toenvelop the entire carton.

